Talkback: New Walking Maps From The AA

saw these in my local WHSmiths this afternoon, the 50k on a slightly glossy paper and the 25k on some paper which was similar to what my fish and chips were wrapped in the other night. Have not seen an index of the areas each map covers. in the 25k series map 8. The Cotswolds and 9. Gloucester & Cheltenham have a large amount of overlap.

I'd love to know that the 'real deal' is with these maps, given the vast amount of cash that changed hands between the AA and OS a decade ago.

Could be worth a look, although I still like OS and Harvey maps.

They are brilliant, The Norfolk Coastal map covers the area of the three Explorer sheets you would need for a fraction of the price. I believe the Hadrians Wall map will do the same. I see the Central Peak District map solves the problems of walking around Hathersage. Well done AA, walkers really do not want to have to change over Explorer maps in the middle of a walk do they? They are printed on exactly the same paper as Explorer maps are, I am sure it is only a matter of time before someone makes laminated versions available and just how durable are Harveys?
Full details here http://shop.theaa.com/store/aa-walker-s-maps keep pressing enlarge and you will see the area covered. A fantastic range of 29 walking maps, and all 2012 editions.

The Harvey's/BMC ones? Durable.

In fact they're one of the few cases where there's essentially no contest at all in terms of functionality of stuff to use when walking. Except for the bits that they don't cover of course

I prefer the presentation on the Harveys Walker/superwalker series to their mountain maps, because the mountain maps hide a lot of information underneath the (redundant) contour colouring. For example their use of contour line colours to denote rock or vegetation.

I prefer the durability and size of their mountain maps.

I have several Harveys, their slender bulk is vey appealing. The superwalkers do only cover a small area. Harvey's range has expanded greatly in recent years. I came across C2C walkers who had the durability problem, I have never had problems and it would be great if OS decided to use similar media rather than the bulky lamination available from third parties.
To return to the AA thread, I am very excited about the rejigging of the areas covered by the 1:25,000 green series. My Central Peak District AA walkers has just arrived, and will be great in Hathersage and Castleton. The centre cut is through Grindleford, so you can't please everyone. I do feel that that walkers should make a point of checking these maps out, they are excellent value; today's arrival was £5.99 incl p&p online, an inexpensive way of updating my paper maps